Salisbury police are investigating a Sunday evening theft from an ice cream truck.

Officers were able to locate and identify a suspect, though the man's name was not released in a Salisbury Police Department news release.

Salisbury police met with the victim in the robbery at about 5:50 p.m. Sunday. The victim was driving a Coneheads Ice Cream truck in the area of Delaware Avenue and West Main Street and allowed the adult male suspect to get in the ice cream truck and travel around with him.

While the victim was conducting a transaction, the suspect grabbed the bucket with the cash in it and tried to flee from the truck, police said. The victim tried to get the bucket back, and there was a brief struggle, but the suspect took the money and left, according to police.

The victim followed the suspect in the truck and convinced the suspect to get back in the truck. The victim drove to the Salisbury Police Department parking lot to report the incident and the suspect got out of the truck, but officers were able to locate and identify him, police said.

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